The Couriers from Devon performed as a guest group, "demonstrating the Plymouth Sound". They also took over as judges, as competitors had complained that the previous judges were not in touch with the latest sounds.

Although The Reaction didn't win,
Roger Taylor was voted best musician and Johnny Quayle best vocalist.

Mike Dudley of The Reaction remembers the night;

I remember who won and why. There was an R&B group from St. Austell with a harmonica and all the rest of it called The Individuals. They did ‘I’m a Man’ all dressed in their parkas. When the curtains opened, they had their backs to the audience. They turned around and started singing, and then a very attractive girl, who they probably picked up that night, came on and did a really good go-go dance. In 1965 that swung it. We came fourth, but a few days later, Roger appropriated the girl and had his revenge!

John Challingsworth remembers the 1965 contest;

"I played at The Rock and Rhythm Contest in Truro in 1965 with my group The Undecided (later Dannys Passion). The night before the contest Danny went down with laryngitis. So I was promoted to lead singer. We did "As Tears Go By" and a Hollies B Side "Come On Back" but somehow the power went off and nobody heard us"